<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></head><body><html><body><div><div data-html-editor-font-wrapper="true" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <br>January 25, 2017 10:41 AM, "Seth Miller" <<a target="_blank" tabindex="-1" href="mailto:%22Seth%20Miller%22%20<sethmiller.sm@gmail.com>">sethmiller.sm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote><div><div><div dir="ltr">Maybe I'm not understanding the question but isn't this exactly what the init processes (SysVinit, Upstart, Systemd) do?</div></div></div></blockquote> <br>Sort of. Here's a couple of links on why these might not be the best. The second is quite old, but still good info.<br><a href="http://smarden.org/runit/benefits.html">http://smarden.org/runit/benefits.html</a><br><a href="https://cr.yp.to/daemontools/faq/create.html#why">https://cr.yp.to/daemontools/faq/create.html#why</a><br><br>And philosophically I'm opposed to using init to start userland processes, though that's just my opinion.<br><br>John</div></div></body></html></body></html>